1. Term 1 Topics; Read Aloud 2
Tokuda Waka

2. Young Assistants and dozen mechanics
Thomas Edison
Invention factory
Work on inventions
Young Assistants and dozen mechanics
Lamp and electric
practical
almost 400 patent
Engineer 1
Thomas Edison
Time: 2:11
WPM: 64.1

3. Sensitive to small amounts of light
The Human Eye
rods
Sensitive to small amounts of light
Most useful at night
cones
Larger than the rods
Sensitive to hue
Light & Vision 2
The Human Eye
Time: 1:42
WPM: 70.6

4. American Farming Technology
The greatest food producer
Produces enough to feed its citizen
Produces 50 million more
The Homestead
New technology
Western land at almost no act
American Farming Technology
Food & Nutrition 2
Time: 2:02
WPM: 68.9

5. Starvation & Overeating
In Ireland
Deaths of more than a million people
Emigration of Over two million from that country
Gold rush
10,000 people died of scurvy
Shortage of food
Starvation & Overeating
Food & Nutrition 4
Time: 2:18
WPM: 56.5

6. Scientific Method & Progress of Civilizations
development
decline
The pattern of civilization
Dominate the earth
Advances continue
Scientific Method & Progress of Civilizations
Science 1
Time: 1:49
WPM: 60.6

7. The Atom & its Parts Science 3 Explore the vast outer reaches of space
Astronomer
Explore the vast outer reaches of space
Infinitely large universe
Physicist
microworld of particle
limit to smallness
Science 3
Time: 1:58
WPM: 61

8. Molecules Science 4 One or more atoms Smallest particle
Contain one or more kinds of atoms
The largest molecules
Contain thousands of individual atoms
Weigh several million times as much as hydrogen
Science 4
Time: 2:28
WPM: 56.8

9. The Supercontinent Science 5 meteorologist Alfred Wegener
Made a serious study of the astonishing proposal
India
Breakup of Gondwanaland
Coalesce with Asia
Science 5
Time: 3:00
WPM: 56.7

10. Steam Power Machine 1 Hero of Alexandria In ancient Greece
Automatic door opening
Water
Convert to steam when boiled
About 1,600 liters of steam
Machine 1
Time: 2:02
WPM: 68.9